Tag Archive for: Turkey
Aya Sofya, by Keith Goldstein
This photograph was taken in Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Aya Sofya) back in October, 2008. It is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Its interior is decorated with mosaics and marble…
Escorting into the Blue, by Zahraa Al Hassani
We were shoving our way in the Bosphorus into Princes' Islands (Adalar), passing by four other islands on the way where those seagulls was escorting us along the way. I wanted to portray this moment when it had come so near to where I was standing...
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A Call to Prayer, by David Smith
The timing couldn't be better. As the Oceania Cruise Lines Marina cruise ship swung about to slip by the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, an intense vivid red sunset was punctuated by a Muslim call to prayer echoing…